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'''Ruggero Leoncavallo''' ( [[Naples]], 1857 – Tuscany, 1919), [[Italian]] composer of operas,  is famous for only one major work. Whilst writing many operas, both “grand’ and “comic”, some of which enjoyed considerable success, it is for one [[opera]] - ''”Pagliacci”'' (''The Clowns'') ; and one song – ''Mattinata'' - that he is known today.

'''Ruggero Leoncavallo''' ( [[Naples]], 1857 – Tuscany, 1919), [[Italian]] composer of operas,  is famous for only one major work. Whilst writing many operas, both “grand’ and “comic”, some of which enjoyed considerable success, it is for one [[opera]] - ''”Pagliacci”'' (''The Clowns'') ; and one song – ''Mattinata'' - that he is known today.

With [[Giacomo Puccini]] and  [[Pietro Mascagni]] he wrote in a style called ''“verismo”'' (reality) – operas that often featured the seedy side of life, and whose characters were usually lower class, or were immoral or brutal.

With [[Giacomo Puccini]] and  [[Pietro Mascagni]] he wrote in a style called ''“verismo”'' (reality) – operas that often featured the seedy side of life, and whose characters were usually lower class, or were immoral or brutal.

==See Also==  

==See also==

*[[Giacomo Puccini]]

*[[Giacomo Puccini]]

*[[Pietro Mascagni]]

*[[Pietro Mascagni]]

[[Category: Composers]]

[[Category:Composers]]

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Reference: “The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia”  - David Hamilton

Reference: “The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia”  - David Hamilton